Refrigerator.



No. 824,061. PATENTED 11111219, 1906; L. BoDEN.

REFRIGERATOR.

APPLIoATroN FILED JULY1o.19om

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LIBBIE BORDEN, OF SPOKANE, WASHINGTON.

i REFRIQERATQR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented'June 19, 1906.

Application led July 10, 1905. Serial No. 268,986.

l Toy a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,LIBB1E BORDEN, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Spokane, in the county of Spokane and State of Washington, have invented a new and useful Refrigerator, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to refrigerators, and

i has for its object to improve the construction and increase the eiciency and utility and v produce a simply-constructed device of this character so arrangedthat all the interior 2 is a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. f is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. L a transverse section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1,.

Fig. 5 is a front elevation, partly in section.

l Fig. 6 is a sectional detail illustrating a modi- A ity usually employed upon culinary vessels of l fication in the construction of the inclosing walls of the casing.

The casing or closure of the device is formed with hollow'walls, the outer member at 10, the inner member at 11 andthe nonconducting filling at 12, the latter of any of the well-known materials-such as charcoal, asbestos, or the like-usually employed for this purpos'e.

The inner wall 11 is formed of sheets of enameled metal, the enamel being of the qualvarious kinds, while the outer wall may be Wood, as represented in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, or

with both walls of the enameled metal, as inf dicated in Fig. 6, as may be found most desirable.

Connected to the inner wall 11 of the casing at the upper portion are cleats 13, upon which a pan-like structure 14 rests, the structure for containing filtering material indicated at 15, of any suitable kind. Near its rear side the pan 14 is provided with a vertical division member or partition 16, of wire screen or like material. The partition 16 is preferably located near. the rear wall of the casing, and the discharge from the filter leads from the compartment formed by the partition 16, as hereinafter explained.

Secured upon the inner walls of the filterpan 14, near its upper edge,.are cleats 18 for supporting the tray 19 for containing the ice,

the tray having apertures 20, through which the water resulting from the melting ice falls into the filter and is conducted thence, after being purified, through the screen-partition 16 and thence to the discharge therefrom.

' The filter-pan 14 is provided with handholds 21, and the ice-tray 19 is provided with hand-handles 22 to facilitate handling the same when removing them from and inserting them into the casing. The filter pan thus makes a transverse partition within the casing and divides the same into two compartments, the portion above the ice-tray being the ice-chamber and the portion below being the provision-chamber, as hereinafter more fully described.

The top portion 23 of the casing is hinged at thefront, as at 24, and opens toward the front and folds down over the same to proyide for inserting the ice into the ice-cham- Attached to the under side ofthe filterpan 14 are spaced guides 25 26, and similar spaced guides27 28 are disposed upon the bottom member of the provision-chambers, and slidably engaging those spaced guides are partition-plates 29 30, the plates thus dividing the provision-chamber into three compartments-two relatively large side compartments and a narrow central compartment, as indicated in Fig. l-the' partition-plates being removable when it is required to cleanse the refrigerator.

Attached to the outer faces of the plates 29 30 are spaced cleats 31 32, and attached to the inner faces of the end members 11 of the casing are similar cleats 33 34, the cleats,

31 33 for detachably supporting shelves-35- and the cleats 32 34 for detachably support-V ing shelves 36.

The front portion of the casing opposite the ice-chamber is built in with the re- -mainder of the'casing, as shown, while the space opposite the larger provision-compartments are closed by` doors 37 38, hinged, respectively, as at 39 40, to the end walls of the casing, while the portion of the front opposite the central narrow compartment formed by the plates 29 30is closed by a ITO member 41 of the same width as the central compartment. A The doors 37 38. seat against this central closure memberv 41 by their inner swinging edges and are provided with latches 42 43, engaging keepers 44 45 on the member 41, while the latter is in turn detachably supported in position by bolts or other suitable detachable fastening, as at 46 47. The doors 37 38 and central closure member 41 to gether with the ice-chamber 23, are formed with outer and inner walls spaced apart and preferably filled with non-conducting material in the same manner as the remaining portions of the casings, as shown.

Detachably disposed in the narrow central compartment between the plates 29 30 is a water-receiver 48, having an inclined lower side for, insuring free drainage. The receiver 48 and filter-pan 14 are connected by a detachable nipple 51, threaded at the ends for engaging threaded apertures, respectively, in the filter and receiver. A draw-off faucet 52 is detachably connected to the receiver 48,v as by a screw-thread, at 53 and extends through the closure member 41. The drawoff faucet is provided with a transparent standepipe 54 eXteriorly of the member 41 to denote the stage of water in the receiver, the stand-pipe being closed by a cap 55.

The receiver 48 will be formed of the same enameled sheet metal employed for other parts of the structure.

By ths construction it will be obvious that byr ooening the doors 37 38 and cover 23, lifting out the ice-tray 19, unscrewing the draw-Ofi faucet 52 and nipple 51, removing the closure member 41 by releasing the bolts 46 47, removing the water-receptacle 48, and the partitions 29 30 and shelves35 36, nothing but the empty easing, and without 1nterior parts, will be left except the supportingcleats 13 27 28 33 34. Every part of the interior of the casing may thus be readily reached with the cleansing appliances, while at the same time the detached portions, being entirely separable, are also in condition for .ready cleansing. This is of the greatest iinportance in refrigerators, as will be obvious.

Hooks 17, on which to suspend articles, are arranged in the provision-chamber, any required number being employed. Ventilatorapertures 49 are also arranged through the walls of the provisionechambers and provided with plugs 50, which may be inserted therein from the outside when required. Thus when warm vietuals are placed in the provision-chambers the plugs should be detached until the heat has escaped to prevent the. undue influence thereof upon the other articles of food.

The device is simple in construction, eflicient inaction, can be inexpensively manu factured, and adapted to all the various sizes of refrigerators required from the smallest domestic to the largest devices of this class employed by meat and provision dealers.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is- 1. In a refrigerator, an inclosing casing having a closure at its upper end and interior supporting-cleats spaced below the closure and an opening in one of its side walls below said cleats, said casing provided with spaced guides upon its floor, a receptacle for -filtering material supported upon said cleats and provided. with spaced guide members upon its lower face in vertical alineinent with the guide members in the floor of said casing, a tray for the ice bearing upon said receptacle and discharging the water resulting from the melting ice into the same, spaced plates extendinet between said receptacle and the floor of sairI casing and slidably engaging said guide members, a water-receiver disposed between said plates for receiving the filtered Water from said receptacle, a closure for the central portion of said side-wall opening and bearing against said plates, and doors swinging from said casing and closing against said central closure member.

2. In a refrigerator, an inclosing casing having a closure at its upper end and an opening in one of its side walls, a receptacle for filtering material detachably supported within said casing and s aced below said upper end and removable t irough the saine, a tray for the ice bearing upon said receptacle and discharging the water resulting from the melting ice into the same, spaced plates extending between the bottom of said receptacle and the floor of the casing, a water-receiver disposed between said plates for receiving the filtered water from said receptacle, a detachable closure for the central portion of said side-wall opening and bearing against said plates, and doors swinging from said easing and closing against said. central closure member.

3. In a refrigerator, an inclosing casing having a closure at its upper end and an opening in one of its side walls, a receptacle for filtering material detachably supported within said casing and spaced below said upper end and with a discharge-pipe depending therefrom, a tray for the ice bearing upon said receptacle and discharging the water resultinor from the meltinfT ice into the same, spaced plates extendingtbetween the bottoni of said receptacle and dhe iioor of the casing, a water-receiver disposed between said plates for receivin the filtered water from said receptacle and coupled to said discharge-pipe, and a detachable closure for the central .portion of said side-wall opening and bearing against said plates, and doors swinging from. said casing and closing against said central closure member.

.4. In a refrigerator, an inclosin(r casing having a closure at its upper end and? with an lOO ros

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` cet having a threade s swinging from said casin and closing against l opening in one of its side walls, a receptacle for iltering material detachably supported within said .casing and spaced below said upper end and with a discharge-pipe depending therefrom, a tray for the ice bearing upon said receptacle and discharging the water Jfrom the melting ice into the same, spaced plates extending between the bottom of said receptacle and the floor of the casing, a water-` receiver dis osed between said plates for receiving the ltered water from said receptacle and cou led to said discharge-pipe, and with a threa ed aperture in its outer side, a detachable closure for the central portion of said side-Wall opening and bearing against said plates and with an aperture in alinement with said threaded a erture, a draw-off fauterminal for engaging said threaded aperture throu h the a erture in said central closure member, an doors said central closure mem er at opposite sides of said faucet;

. 5. yIn a refrigerator, an inclosing casing having an o ening in lone of'its side walls, a receptacle or iltering material supported within said casing above said opening, a tray for the ice above said lter-receptacle and discharging the water resulting from the melted ice into the filtering material, spaced plates eXtendin between the bottom of said receptacle and t e floor of the casing a waterreceiver disposed between said plates Jfor receiving the iiltered water fromv said receptacle, a detachable closure for the central portion of said side-wall opening, and doors swinging from said casing and closing against said central closure member.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto a'lTiXed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

LIBBI'E BoRDEN.

Witnesses:

MARK F. MENDENELALL, BERTHA E. SMITH. 

